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Monday, June 15, 2009

Steven Broadway

Doodles by PB

Since last April when I showed you a wonderful show of fashion illustrations at the Society of Illustrators I've felt the urge to get back in the studio and make "quickies".illustration by Richard RosenfeldI particularly fell in love with this loose drawing of fashion illustrator Richard Rosenfeld who teaches at Parsons School of Design.illustration byRobert FontanelliAnd this witty Chanel concept from the Line of Fashion exhibit. When I discovered Steven was teaching at F.I.T. I made a dash for his class.illustration by Steven BroadwayAnd what a ball it's been! Here Steven demos drawing sheer fabrics

Not just one model but TWO models constantly moving, constantly changing outfits....

Doodles by PB

Ya gotta befast for this class.

Doodles by PB

But I love working "fast" and hate long poses. Steven forces me to use all my materials, pencil, pen, watercolor, brush all mixed up togethe.

A good friend in NYC is the topic of a cover article with his quickie figure studies and more in a 16 page spread in and on the cover of American Artist DRAWING magazine. The loose stuff are my favorites. He did a 20' brush painting of dancers in motion (life size) while they were all in motion.

Oh man, if there was a class like that in this part of the world (LA area) I'd sign up in a shot. The one thing I keep working on with my watercolors, is to try and improve my sketching speed. I just don't sketch very fast and then I start to obsess over details which bogs the sketching down even further. I really want to loosen up and a class like that would be a great exercise in getting to that point.

Hey PBYou are cool for always wanting to broaden your horizons by taking classes! I admire you!Your fashion illustrations look great. Keep em coming! Now, you can have new things to focus on (besides the important ones), in Paris.xoConstnace

Regarding Pucci,have you looked at their website lately? I just love the image of the model playing game with the frames.

I must have been twelve or so when I got my hands on a hand-me-down from my aunt: a Pucci style mini-dress: Green, blue and yellow, stretchy fabric and oh so short. I loved it until it became threadbare.

Gucci is only gaudy - GG - nowadays. I am holding on to their old silk foulards though. They are classics.